Total Sports Leadership Scholarship

Online Application

AWARD: $ 500 per scholarship

The deadline for applications is May 1, 2019

Each year the Wixom Community Foundation will offer the Total Sports Leadership Scholarship to a male and female graduating high school senior in the amount of $500 per recipient. The monies from the Leadership Scholarship can be used for tuition, books and classroom materials for any qualified institute of higher learning. Recipients of the Total Sports Leadership Scholarship(s) are determined on a competitive basis and require applicants to submit fully completed applications.

Annually, announcements are issued to area high schools, colleges and, vocational schools describing the Total Sports Leadership Scholarship program along with a sample application suitable to copy and distribute. This year, potential scholarship candidates must complete the application and submit supporting documentation by May 1, 2019. Applications will be reviewed and evaluated by the Total Sports Leadership Scholarship panel which will evaluate the completion of all listed criteria below.

Questions regarding Wixom Community FoundationScholarshipsmay be directed to the WCF by e-mail at scholarships@wixomfoundation.org or by letter to Wixom Community Foundation.

Due Date: May 1, 2019

Documents can uploaded at the end of this application.

Total Sports Form

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Gender (used for scholarship distribution 1 male / 1 female)*

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High School Criteria

This section contains questions about your current high school and the area of study for the college or university you have selected. These questions that will be used by the scholarship review panel for ranking each application.

How many years of high school have you lived in the Wixom area?*

What High School do you attend?*

GPA*

College or University you are planning to attend ?*

What area of focus do you plan on studying?

Team Participation Criteria

An important piece of the Total Sports Leadership Scholarship is understanding the value of a "Team". At Total Sports, athletes have the opportunity to learn the various lessons that being a member of a team can provide — cooperation, sportsmanship, sacrifice, leadership — that they can use for the rest of their lives. Teams are everywhere and individuals who learn the value of a "Team" are much better prepared for success in the world. Please answer the following questions in regards to your personal experience on a team.

What sports have you participated in (please include your age and the sport)?

What non-sport related team(s) have you been involved with?

Did you participate in a league at Total Sports?

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No

Do you plan on participating in sports during undergraduate?

Yes

No

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Would you be interested in a collegiate sport league hosted by Total Sports?

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How will your experience with sports help to shape your future?

Explain at least one example of how sports have helped shape your future. Include what you learned, when you learned it, and how it will help to shape your future.

There are two options for answering the question "What is the most important lesson you have learned on the field/court that you will use in the 'real world'?".

Option 1
Write a 300­-500 word essay about the essay topic and upload it below.

Option 2
Record a 2­-5 minute video that is available on the internet that answers "most important lesson you learned on the field/court that you will use in the real world".

Using the space below, enter a URL where the video can be viewed (possible locations are a URL for a YouTube video, Facebook / Twitter / Instagram post, or a raw video file stored in the cloud).

Enter link/URL to your essay in the space below:

or Upload essay as file:

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One last question: Where you hear about this scholarship? (check all that apply)*

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About Total Sports, LLC

Total Sports, LLC (http://www.totalsportscomplex.com) is made up of eight locations throughout southeast Michigan and Ohio. Total Sports Wixom, the original and largest facility, is more than 400,000 square feet and was built in 1997. Other facilities include Total Sports Novi Roller Hockey (60,000 sf), Total Sports Novi Soccer (70,000 sf), Total Sports Farmington (65,000 sf), Total Sports Monroe (70,000 sf) and Total Sports Rossford, OH (70,000 sf). Total Sports Complex also manages the dome at Oakland University (108,000 sf) and the indoor facilities at Eastern Michigan University (85,000 sf). All of the Total Sports facilities partner with Total Soccer, Total Baseball, Total Softball, Total Lacrosse, Total Volleyball, Total Roller Hockey, Total Sports Shop and Total Events. Total Sports is also home to Total Performance, the leader in individual and team training.

Scholarships will be reviewed by the scholarship panel in May. If you have questions, or you would like to make adjustments to your application, please contact us at scholarships@wixomfoundation.org.

The Mission of the Wixom Community Foundation is to enhance the quality of life and strengthen the spirit of the community through leadership and stewardship of endowment funds and donations.